Jabhat Fateh al-Sham

Jabhat Fateh al-Sham was a Syrian jihadist group that was formed on 28 July 2016 by the leaders of the former al-Nusra Front. Abu Mohammad al-Julani, the former emir of al-Nusra, announced the group's separation from al-Qaeda in order to make it possible for the West and Middle East to provide support to the group during the Syrian Civil War. Despite leaving al-Qaeda, it maintained the same views as the al-Nusra Front, continuing to advocate the establishment of sharia law through jihad.